Long Calamine Poems

I, am bounded by emotions
But I refuse to be reduced.
Inside of me they revolve
The combination,
Let me mention.

How much they cause confusion.
When fear connects with anger
I swear, I am here in the background
Filled with frustration.

Drowned in...

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CHICKENPOX HIGH

I caught chicken pox from
My son,
Oh what fun!
I was thirty five and spots,
Enveloped me from each hair follicle
On my head,
Right down to in between every toe, 
I had to stay in bed!
My thesis for...

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For as long as I can remember,
I've always felt plain.
I’m sure I’m not being a lunatic.
“Plain” is not just an assumed name,
It was young, and had grew.
Contrary to morning leave dews,
Unfortunately it never went away.

To...

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Blimey it’s hot
Though moan I must not
As to see the sun high up above
Evokes wonderful memories of summers gone by
Of weeks in the sunshine and temperatures high
With no sign of clouds in the stunning blue...

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(to the tune of the Doors' "Hello I Love You")

Aloe, I love you ‘cause you conquered my itch.
Aloe, I love you, it was making me twitch.
Aloe, from Calamine, you made me switch.
Aloe, my life you...

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Buzzing mosquito
Celebrates my arrival
With a nice big bite
Skin slathered with pesticide
Will mosses give me a break!

Favourite target
I'm like medium rare steak
Beyond endurance
Miniature vampires eat me
Calamine lotion on bites.


Initially, I wrote a piece that rhymed then...

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A night’s blizzard winter season,
I was waiting there for no reason,
Under the trees of cherry blossom,
There came a beauty so awesome,
Her dazzling sight made me blank,
Words cannot describe her I am so frank,
Whether her skin...

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Her independence deferred
          History wipe, silenced in denial 
          Component of family unit secure
   ...

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I spent last night with a mozzie in my bed
I heard that annoying sound
I slapped my face
I slapped my ears
But you were whining around my head 

Under the sheet you managed to creep
Taking chunks from...

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serene and reflective : Line 5
song bird's chirp :  Line 13

( Italian sonnet : octave with rhyme abbaabba followed by six lines with rhyme cdcdcd. )
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starlit hillside embossed in lush green peaks
campfire singes our...

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They surrounded me 
With utter hatred 
Flying in sting
Sting yellow jacket 
Pain and swelling 
Filled my hands
Oh what burning 
These brilliant yet 
Barbaric creatures
Can inflict upon a soul
My innocent composure 
Was just trying to fix
Rotten...

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It’s always better in your head;
the reality won’t live up to the fantasy,
So, just go to bed. 

Quit longing for the stolen glances 
or the racing heartbeat.
They won’t suddenly confess, 
they’ve had a few chances....

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A guy , mid 30s and widowed
takes chickenpox real bad
calamine lotion profits are up
the itch is driving him mad

Eventually it all eases up
so decides to take holiday break
to recuperate after being ill
goes to lakes to...

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So it was disinfectant after all, that's really bats,
the plan was simple - we can get rid of the democrats;
why didn't someone else think of that, perhaps they did,
but not good enough - only a...

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Your sweet lips,
Kissed the glass,
The lucky wine fell within,
The calamine pink lipstick imprinted,
For the drink touched your skin and chin,
You threw the glass away,
May be a garbage but not for me, 
I caught in hands...

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calamine lotion
phisohex soaks, itchy ooze 
poison ivy hell

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Johnson's Paste Wax (floors)
wooden spoon on knuckles:  smack!
wash dishes. repeat.

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round dent in hall wall
from my head...   demonstrative 
daily reminder

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She dresses in paisley
Wishes on daisies
Falls asleep to the televisions glow

Drinks Calamine tea
The tea she believes
Brings about memories only she knows

Wears perfume on her finger tips
So when she points it smells like this
Lavender with a...

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When the itch,
Be 2 much a b_tch,
You wont see me a'scratch'in,
Instead, if you were here,
Or somewhere near,
You'd spot my brain a'hatchin'

No stone unturned,
Till I have earned,
The inventor's light bulb
sign above my head

No effort needed,
Cause I...

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